to die (from accidents or disease)

(collective) people, each person, everybody

largely; mostly

a lot / a majority

spread of a disease / rampancy of the growth of vines / rampancy of a bad custom

(for disease) to spread / (for vines) to grow rampant / (a bad custom) to be rampant

ancient times, a very long time ago

once (in the indeterminate past)

the past, old times / ancient

to drop something / to remove/take off / (impolite) to make a woman one's girlfriend / (Internet slang) to download / (informal) to fail an examination